Example sentences of "in [noun] only [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It remained in place only a few minutes more , When the Commanding Officer ordered not only a change of the command team which had built it , but a change of design as well . |
2 | BTW Ive always felt this — even before I became so anti-scum ( in truth only a few years ago ) . |
3 | It is very strange to find , after wearing thick overcoats in Peking only a few weeks ago , that we are in the middle of hot summer weather ( by British standards ) here . |
4 | Showers were not compulsory and in fact only a few boys took advantage of this facility . |
5 | Grant forced himself to hold the challenging stare of the glittering black eyes for what seemed an age , but what was in fact only a few seconds . |